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Families of kidnapped troops eye sit-ins outside tourist facilities

04-08-2015 | 06:45

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Families of kidnapped troops eye sit-ins outside tourist facilities

Nizam Mgheit, the brother of kidnapped soldier Ibrahim Mgheit, said on Tuesday that the families of the Arsal captives are considering further sit-ins, this time near touristic facilities.

“The government has two choices: either to secure the release of the kidnapped troops or remove our dead bodies from the streets.”

“This time we’re fed up,” Mgheit said, calling on the cabinet to assume its responsibility for this act and its possible repercussions.

The soldiers and policemen were kidnapped by the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front militant groups on August 2, 2014, in the wake of clashes in the northeastern border town of Arsal.

A few of them have since been released, four were executed, while the rest remain held hostage.

Their captors have made demands for the release of Islamist inmates in Lebanon in exchange for the troops.

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